Dystopia Essays and Research Papers

Abstract This analysis is meant to compare and contrast utopian and dystopian societies in fiction and real life by defining and contextualizing these topics with examples from fiction and today’s society i.e. Star Trek, George Orwell’s novel 1984, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, and Omar El Akkad’s novel American War. It will discuss how the…

´The Hunger Games came out in 2012 and was designed for a trilogy. Since then, it has become a big source of entertainment among families. Presented in a delightful world and it has caught some interest or imagery for some and helped a intense obsession for others. This movie will seem to simply be a…

Throughout history, many individuals have attempted to figure out how to create an ideal society, one free of war, poverty, or any of the other problems facing societies today. This tradition can be found even in the writings of Plato, arguably the father of the Hellenistic tradition, who wrote about a society governed by philosopher…

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.” (Lois Lowry, The Giver) Dystopian societies are produced in literature and media to express the necessity of change in our modern world. They can come as a warning sign to help people rethink decisions that can lead…

Over the years both books The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 have been attacked for many different reasons. Let’s start with how they dehumanize the citizens by ripping them of their individuality and taking away their ability to learn things on their own so that the citizens won’t overpower the government. They are caged in their…

The description of the 1900’s in paragraph 5-6 helps us understand the qualities of dystopian literature by giving the reader real-world facts, to back up the fact that dystopian literature could be the future of our world.”History was seen as one long forward march that would lead, inevitably, to perfection. However, throughout the 1900s, no…

We are born with zero knowledge and for a split second with are full of love and oblivious to the hate that exists in our world. However, we are quickly taught what it means to be a woman or a man, what it means to have different sexual desires, etc. Our friends, our families, our…

In Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood creates a dystopia. After an apocalyptic event, the society became very unequal with a mix of new technologies and poor government enforcement. The only human left on earth, Jimmy, had a tough childhood with his parent’s always fighting and eventually abandoning him. Jimmy lives the best way he knows…

Cyberpunk science fiction has various attributes relating to earlier hacker and punk culture influences of the mid 20th century. This subgenre draws itself away from the typical techniques of science fiction by utilizing contrasting characteristics of society. A common theme of cyberpunk science fiction that is demonstrated within the story of “Johnny Mnemonic” by William…

As the species with the highest intelligence on earth, there is hardly any reason why we compare human’s life to animals’, especially those of women’s, who gave birth to all. However, in the story of a dystopia, the Handmaid’s Tale, even though the handmaids are valued greatly, they are still frequently linked to containers, utensils…